The New York Neighborhoods With the Most Coronavirus Cases

Working-class and Orthodox Jewish neighborhoods in Queens and Brooklyn among city’s hardest hit areas, according to new data

Vice President Mike Pence called the New York metropolitan area “high-risk” and urged anyone who recently traveled out of the region to self-isolate for 14 days to avoid the spread of the novel coronavirus. Photo: Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty Images

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Katie Honan

The new coronavirus has struck hardest in working-class neighborhoods in New York City’s outer boroughs, city data shows, underlining how the pandemic has ravaged densely packed lower-income areas where social-distancing guidelines have proved difficult to implement.

Two areas of Queens—Corona and Elmhurst—have led the city in reported infections, with 947 and 831 as of March 31, respectively, the data show. Both neighborhoods are heavily populated by immigrants who live in close quarters, often with multiple families sharing...